Holy Trinity, Stow Bardolph

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Holy Trinity Church has a carstone tower which ranges from Norman to Perpendicular in date, complete with red brick buttresses. The church was largely rebuilt in the 1840s. On the north side of the chancel is the Hare family mausoleum. The family lived in nearby Stow Hall. According to Historic England's list entry for the church, the monuments to the Hare family are of national importance. The most famous of which is the memorial to Sarah Hare (d. 1744). She left detailed instructions in her will for the unusual life-size waxwork memorial inside a mahogany case. She is clad in her own cream silk gown and scarlet satin hood, with her real hair framing her face. Wax funerary figures are very rare and this is the only survivor outside Westminster Abbey in London. Other items of interest include the magnificent carved Stuart Royal Arms, hatchments and the memorial to James William Adams VC, the first clergyman to receive the Victoria Cross. His brave deed took place in 1879 during the Second Afghan War when he rescued men from a water-filled ditch during battle.

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